The ToffeeWeb Podcast: Talking Everton

A well-known Everton podcaster in his own right, having hosted the Blue Half, Everton Business Matters and the Results Business, Rodger is, by his own admission, never shy of giving a strident opinion on the Blues. He and Lyndon jumped straight into chatting about the current state of the Club over an hour’s discussion where he reflected on the Bournemouth game, his views on Sean Dyche, the takeover and the general state of the club as well as some quick thoughts on the wider game.

The guys try to make sense of Everton's unfathomable implosion when they became the first Premier League team to lose a game when leading 2-0 as late as the 87th minute. They debate whether it's too soon to be thinking about replacing Sean Dyche, what he will need to do to turn things around while taking some solace from a fine performance that put the Blues into a winning position before they fell apart.They also briefly chat about the deadline day business and, in view of Iliman Ndiaye's display, other memorable players who got Evertonian bums off their seat in anticipation down the years.

Andy is back from France and Paul T returns from his own holiday to join Lyndon to do a post-mortem on the defeat at Spurs and the Carabao Cup win over Doncaster. They debate the pros and cons of Sean Dyche's legendary reluctance to change his team and what is needed before the transfer deadline in the final hours of the window.

Paul McParlan is back along with Adam McCulloch and Lyndon Lloyd to dissect the 3-0 humbling at the hands of Brighton, the selection crisis at right-back and just when Sean Dyche will feel moved to switch out some of his trusted lieutenants in favour of more of the summer signings

In the third of the series of one guest from the world of Evertonia, Lyndon is joined by author Jim Keoghan who has just published his fifth book related to the Blues, “And If You Know Your History: (A Young Evertonian’s Guide to the Toffees)”. They talked about that, his other tomes, his background as a Blue, his thoughts ahead of the new season, and some of the ways in which football as a whole is broken at the moment, particularly in terms of the imbalance between the top and the lower reaches of the game.

Adam, Lyndon and Paul return to discuss the more recent pre-season friendlies and assess which players of those who will be fit to play will be in the manager's thinking for the first starting XI of 2025. They chat about which parts of the team still need urgent attention before the transfer deadline as well as the striker situation given the continuing uncertainty over Dominic Calvert-Lewin's future

Adam and Paul join Lyndon to look back briefly at Jordan Pickford's ultimately disappointing Euros before discussing Everton's first pre-season outing against Sligo Rovers. They assess the benefits of Amadou Onana's sale to Aston Villa and what is still needed before the transfer deadline and finish by marking the 20th anniversary of Tim Cahill signing for the Toffees

Lyndon is joined by the author of numerous books on Everton history, member of the EFC Heritage Society and, of course, treasured ToffeeWeb contributor, Rob Sawyer. They chatted about his latest book, Broken Dreams: Everton, the War and Goodison’s Lost Generation about the 1938/39 championship winning side which was denied the chance to defend its title and perhaps build a period of lasting success by the outbreak of the Second World WarRob described his long-standing family ties with Everton Football Club, how he got into writing about the Toffees with his first book on Harry Catterick in 2015 and what drew him to focus the late 1930s team. And, of course, they talked about the modern day Blues, where the team goes from here after the last few tumultuous years and the looming departure from Goodison Park at the end of the coming season.

In the first episode of a new series of discussions with various figures from the world of Evertonia, Lyndon chats with Matt from The Blue Room Podcast and the Liverpool Echo about Euro 2024, the current state of Everton, the transfer dilemmas surrounding the likes of Branthwaite and Calvert-Lewin, and that dreaded and looming day when the Blues play their last ever game at Goodison Park.